Johannesburg – A 13-year-old boy drowned in a quarry dam in Benoni, east of Johannesburg, on Sunday, paramedics said.

“Paramedics received an emergency call from the Saps about a child that had apparently drowned in the nearby lake,” said ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring in a statement.

“Once on scene, paramedics discovered the lifeless body of the young body. Unfortunately there was nothing more the paramedics could do for the child and he was later declared dead.”

The boy was apparently pulled out of the dam by a passer-by.

Police were investigating.

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